5.01 - Purchase of art productions in certain cities.

§ 5.01. Purchase  of  art productions in certain cities. Cities of the  first and second class are hereby authorized, in the discretion of those  officers or bodies in such cities that have charge of the  appropriation  of  the  public funds, to purchase works of art which are the production  of professional artists who are citizens of the United States, and which  have been executed in the United States.  The word  "productions"  shall  be  held  to  include  among  other  works  of  art,  mural paintings or  decorations which artists may be employed to put on the walls of  public  buildings of such cities, mosaic and stained or painted glass. A city of  the  first  class may expend under this section any amount not to exceed  fifty thousand dollars annually. A city of the second class  may  expend  under this section not to exceed ten thousand dollars annually.